The "HOME AGAIN" Novel was obtained from Judy Matsuoka of San Jose,
California. This book is no longer available and not listed in any book
dealer's out of print stock.
I first read "HOME AGAIN" almost fifteen yeas ago, and thought it was
far too important a book to disappear from a readers list. I've
searched for it through book dealer's without success for those fifteen
years.
It's historical, especially for the Japanese Community of Santa Clara
Valley, California (now called Silicon Valley). Many of the names
mentioned in "HOME AGAIN" are known to the Japanese community of San
Jose. This is the other reason for my interest in turning this novel
into an E-Book.
Much of what was mentioned in this book is known to me, I was born and
raised here in San Jose. Most of what was my grandfather and his
brother-in-law's Ranch is now under the Almaden Expressway.
"HOME AGAIN" is also the experience of my wife and her family being
sent to internment camp; now almost 59 years ago.
I've read many books written on the war between Japan and the United
States. It was a war the people of the United States did not want to
enter, that is until Pearl Harbor.
I worked with a Pearl Harbor survivor and we would argue over the
merits of who was really at fault for the destruction of or severe
damage to 188 planes, 8 battleships, 3 light cruisers, and 4
miscellaneous vessels; and 3,435 lives lost. I argued that the United
States knew everything, he argued that our Government would not do such
a thing to it's own people. The U.S. government committed eight acts of
provocation to cause Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Purple
Code was broken in the Nineteen Twenties along with four other
important military codes that allowed the U.S. to eavesdrop on radio
transmissions sent by Japanese radio operators; both military and
merchant marine.
I question the reasoning of our government putting our men and women in
uniform in harms way. And the internment of 92,000 Japanese living on
the West coast of the United States that had their rights as citizens
trampled upon, with loss of property for no other reason than being
Japanese. Whose property sold under duress for pennies on the Dollar
that would be worth millions today, the government granted $20,000 in
restitution to only currently living internees. The elderly who passed
away, the Grandfathers and Grandmothers never recovered what was
legally theirs after returning home, received nothing from the
government. Not even an apology. Survivors now range in age 55 and up.
The Japanese living in Central and South America brought to internment
camps on the Westcoast never received anything since they were not
American Citizens.
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Roosevelt's evacuation order was revoked January 1945.
During post-war years many Japanese who had been denied U.S.
Citizenship were allowed to become citizens.
Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 providing payment
of $20,000 to each surviving evacuee and internee. Along with the
checks came a letter from Reagan's successor George Bush which read:
"A monetary sum and words alone cannot restore lost years or erase
painful memories; neither can they fully convey our Nation's resolve to
rectify injustice and to uphold the rights of individuals. We can never
fully right the wrongs of the past, but we can take a clear stand for
justice and recognize the serious injustices were done to
Japanese-Americans during World War II."
Gerald Ford proclaimed the Internment of Japanese-Americans had been
wrong. Manzanar became an historical site by an act of Congress in 1992.
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There is a book that sheds light on who really knew and was at fault
for all the pain that was caused to be felt by citizens of the United
States.
Please see below for more information on "Day of Deceit" by Robert B.
Stinnett.
Jerry Siegenthaler
2000,May 30
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Below is from "Day of Deceit" copy right page for those wishing to read
more.
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THE FREE PRESS
A Division of Simon & Schuster Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Copyright (c) 2000 by Robert B. Stinnett
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stinnett, Robert B.
Day of deceit the truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor / Robert B. Stinnett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. 2. Intelligence
service---United States. 3. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),
1882-1945.
4. World War, 1939-1945-Diplomatic history. I. Title.
D767.92.S837 1999
940.5426-dc2 1 99-38402
CIP
ISBN 0-684-85339-6 (hc)